New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-20
STATE MILITARY SERVICE.
TEACHING SOLDIERS THEIR DUTIES

accommodate the 9th and Ist Regiments iii hosoi'o"
Square fronting Sixth-ave, Fortieth ana rory
second sts., meets with great deal OF tavor. Inc
plan IA to convert tho grounde which the reservoir
stands in Fifth ave. into park and to use the granite
of which that is built in erecting tho armory
behind It, In this way armOry could be built
without expanding any money for the ground ana
with Comparatively little outlay for the material.
The saving in this way, Is estimated, would amount
to 81. $50 900, and park 100 feet deeper than the
prcscnt enc and better situated would be laid out
majority OF the Armory Board and the Sinking Fund
Commissioners favor tho idea, and II the necessary
legislation can be obtained it is likely to be carried
In compliance with orders from the headquarters
Of the LIST Brigade Colonel +. A. McAlpin has estdb-
shed school OF instruction for the officers OF the
71st Regiment, and has detailed Lieutenant Goi0nel
Frederick Hopper as instructor. Ad!utant ai,ace
commissioned officers OF the regiment. Theoretical and
practical instruction in guard duty is to be gwen 10
non commissioned officers and privatee BY their
respective company commanders. The Inspector OF
Rifle Practice is to superintcnd the aiming and sight
ing drills. re2mental recruit class has been
established with Captain Charles A. Kennedy anu
First Lieutenant William w. Chiffon instructors
A sergeant and corporal. from Company A and a
corporal from Company have been ordered to report
The I'd Battery, Captain Ferdinand p Earle, had
the first of series o. mounted drills at DURING
riding academy last Tuesday night There were nifty
cannonecrs mounted besides the commissioned officers
and a full complement OF non-commissoned oflicers
Horses were also attached to the Gatiings Tho
battery paradcd with white trousers boots and blouses
and looked the picture of service. Tho first part OF
the nig hs labor crude owing to the awkwardness
OF both mon and horses, the former being chiefly
recruits and the latter being unused to military trap
pings and becoming somewhat excited, but as the drl
went the movements were performed with CELEBRITY
and precision. In coming into action and reimbering
the would dismount and remount with re-
markable skill Marching in sections and plaoons and
right and lett front into line were performed at
walk and at trot Tho drill ~ OF work and
was undoubtedly beneficial. 1t will be repeated next
Tuesday night at the same place. On Thursday night
the officers and non-commssioned officers were in.
struccd at the armOry Another recruit was enrolled
on the evening.
The field officers and brigade staff of the LIST Brigade,
at their recent meeting at the 9TH Regiment armoty.
were addressed by General Louis Fitzgerald who said
that he did not believe in applying the strctest rules
OF the regular service to the government OF the
National Guard. He introduced Lieutenant Colonel
Thomas ii. Barber Assistant AdjutaD General on his
staff. who is West Point graduate and served in the
regular army for eighteen years Colonel Barber read
address on Strategy aud Tactics ia which he
said good deal about tho military organizations OF
the Greeks and Romans and Persians but did not
convey much information in regard 70 the rules OF
modern warfare. Major stephen H. Olin, Judge Advo-
cate OF the lst Brigade will read paper on Regu-
lations at the next meeting of these officers to be
held at the place on the evening OF April IT,
The commissioned officers OF the 9th Regiment
a., emblcd at the armory last Monday evening and
were instructed by Colonel William Seward jr in com
pany and battalion movements. On Monday evening,
March D. they will be instructed in the movements
prescribed in General Brow nefs tactics relating TO
= street riot duty" Schools tor non-commssioned
officers have been established in the companies and
the missohed officers of the entire regiment
will meet at stated periods Tor examination by the
adjutant.
First Sergeant Donald f. Watson OF Company A,
Flat Regiment was among the graduates ut the com
mencement OF the New-York College OF Veterinary
Surgeons last Wednesday evening, and took the brst
prize in anatomy, consisting OF box OF surgical IN
struments
Tho veterans of the 9th Regiment of the National
Guard met NJ the armory last week. Colonel Charles
nf
aud coincidence tor the death OF General Charles T.
Stone, who the first brigade commander under
whom the regiment served during the war tor the
Union.
Company X, 7lst Regiment. drilled by Captain
Wright d. Goss In company movements last Wodnes-
day evening. The performance was good aud the
attend ance large. Company + vas also drilled al
ternatcly by Lieutenants Chiffon and Harris.
The officers OF the 18th Regiment will assemble at
ON Monday. March 81. at $50 ?. m. Ibc corporals
OF Companies A, e. ID. II and will assemble at the
armory in undrcs- uniform tor theoretical INSTRUCTION
next Thursday evening and the corporals OF Com
pnnies IL, r. b. aud i on the Wednesday evening
following.
The following non commissioned stah Ulcers OF the
9th Regiment have been warranted Quaitcrmaster
Sergeant, Frank j. Higgins, vice Dana H. Pratt, pro
NOTED Quariermastcr; Ordnance Ser gcant George NJ
Johnson. vice Miller honorahly discharged Color
bearer william j. Au-tn. vice Higgins appointed
Quartermast-r Sergeant Hospital Steward Henry L.
Wager. vico Golding honorably discharged. The fol-
loving non commissioned company officers have teen
warranted First Sergeant Robert +. Morris, Company
II Sergeant Charles kluppcl, Company X Sergeant
Elias DE Ginchy Company sergeant Henry >.
stolpe, Company Corporal Edmund L. Chase, Com
pany X; Corporal Daniel Collsrau, Company r.
Corr oral Caley Brogdon Company Corporal John
Murray, Company L.
The next concert bv the 9th Regiment band for the
benefit OF the fund tor the erection of rcgmcnal
monuments at Gettysburg and in Woodlawn Cemetery
will DE gwen at the armory next saturday evening.
The last one was very succ, ssul. The shaft 10 be
erected at Woodawn II to commemorate tho services
OF three bers of the regiment was we're killed 10
the famous 18th of July riot who buried there. In
the plot in the cemetery owned by the regiment other
members will bc buriel hereafter.
The following members OF the 23d Regiment have
been decorated with the "sharpshooters badgc tor
1856 Captains Ezra Deforrest. Company {. W, l..
Candce Company Is. and +. j.. Holmes Company
n.leetor OF Rihc rsaetse ". IL; Greenland First
Lleutrnants @. +. Halnln. Company I. and ". Z.
Pickett. Company Is; First Sergeant w. A. Stokes,
Company /; Comnissary r. Oliver, Sergeant Major
A. ID. Beeken. sergeants +. A. Wells, Company Is.
J. n. Wheeler, Company |. aud w. A.. Robinson, Com
pany A; Corporals +. Y. Howard. Company L. +. l.
Perry, Company l, II. D. Hamilton, Company |, and
II. Graf Company Is; Privates G.. s. Scott jr., Com
pany A, s. &: Prize Company l, George Joiner, Com
Company F., and H. j Elliott, Company c. "MarKs,
.uan's badges have been won by 80 me'abers
An exhibition drill OF company OF sixty young
Dowd Of the 12th Regiment at the new armoiy on nn
evening in May get TO be designated. The affair to
be for the benefit OF the Manhattan Hospital and ID
certain to attract large gathering.
The following noncommissoned officers OF the Eth
Regiment having passed the Examining Board. have
had warrants granted to them: Sergcants William
Gribblv. Company Is. William r. Bell, Company g,
and Henri, Kesefer Company IL :and Corporals Ber-
Company q, and Leonard +. Phyky, Company g.
Corporal Charles X. Soles OF Company g. 9th Req;
nent, has been detailed as regmonal marker and
directed to report to the Adjulant.
Battalion drills In active progress in the 18th
Regiment Companies f. and were drilled together
ast Thursday evening. Companies A, c and D will
occupy tho arn,ory next ednesday evening" and Com
,anies b, +, G and on Friday evening.